Device for opening or closing gates.



- No. 762,835. PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904.-

H. c. MORGAN. .DE-VIGE' FOR OPENINGOR CLOSING GATES. APPLIUATION FILEDMAY '2, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.-

DEVICE FOR OPENING OR CLOSING GATES.

SPECIFICATION forming, part of Letters'Patent No. 762,835, dated June14, 1904;. Application filed May 2, 1903. serial No. 155,326. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Eugene, Lane county, Oregon, have invented a new anduseful Device for .the Opening or Closing of Gates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in gates, and has for an object toprovide novel constructions whereby a party approaching the gate fromeither side may open the gate toward or away from him as may be desired;and the invention consists in certain novel constructions andcombinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, parts being removed. Fig.3 is a detail side view of the bell-crank lever for releasing thegate-latch, and Fig. 4 is a detail top plan view of said lever.

The gate proper may in general respects be of ordinary construction,being hinged at one end to the post A'and latched at its other end inconnection with the post R. To this end the gate has a latch M in theform of a bar hinged at its rear end and engaging at its outer end at Zwith the post R and at X with the posts Q, on the opposite sides of thegate. By this construction the gate when closed is held to the post Rand when opened in either direction is held to the proper post Q.

The gate is provided with the strut-braces S, which project upwardly atan incline beyond the hinged edge of the gate and support a platform U,upon which weights may be placed to counterbalance the weight of theswinging end of the gate.

The gate is provided with a top bar H, which projects rearwardly beyondthe hinged edge of the gate and supports at its outer end the cross baror head J, which projects equally on opposite sides of the top bar H andsupports at its ends the pulleys K, which form guides for the ropes Pand V, which will be described.

The latch-bar M is connected by rods G and links between said rods andthe latch M with one arm of the bell-crank lever B, said lever beingpivoted at D and having its lower arm provided on opposite sides withears or projections to which the rods G may be secured at E and F, aswill be understood from Figs. 1, 2, and 4. By connecting the rods G withthe latch M by the links, as shown in Fig. 1, the latch M may beoperated by hand without disturbing the bell-crank lever B, which latteris operated by the devices presently described.

A rod L connects at one end with the upper arm of the bell-crank lever Bat Oand is held slidably in suitable guides upon the upper edge of thegate, so that the said rod L can be moved longitudinally to operate thelever B to release the latch M. This rod Lis provided at its rear endwith an eye W, to which are secured the ropes, which I will nowdescribe. The ropes employed may for convenience of reference be termedthe inner ropes V and the outer ropes P. The outer ropes P are guided atone end by arms mounted on the posts Q, so as to extend quartering overthe road, so that ropes can be reached from a vehicle around the pulleysK from the rear side ofsaid pulleys and thence forward and unite at Oand are connected with the eye WV. By this means it will be noticed thatif the rope P on one side or the other be drawn upon the said rope willfirst release the latch M through the rod L and connections G and willthen swing the gate to open the latter away from the person pulling uponthe rope P, and the gate when it swings open will engage by its latch Mwith the post Q at X and will be held open until the latch is againreleased. If now it be desired to open the gate toward the operator, hewill draw upon the rope V. This rope V extends through the eye W andconnects with the rope P on. the opposite side of the gate at a pointoutside of the pulley K, so that if the rope V on either side be drawnupon it will operate upon the rope P on the opposite side of the gate,and sotend to open the gate toward the operator. After the operator hasgone through the gate it is only necessary to draw upon the ropes torelease the latch M from its engagement at X with the opposite post Qand adjust the gate to closed position.

The pulleys K may be double block.

By my invention it Will be noticed I so arrange the ropes and pulleys asto enable the operator to open and close the gate from any point on theground, in a wagon, or on a load of hay, or the gate may be opened by achild on the ground or by a man on horseback or without the use ofropes, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination substantially as herein described, of the gate, thehinge and latch posts for said gate, the posts on the opposite sides ofthe gate having means for engagement by its latch, the bell-crank leveron the gate, the rods and links connecting one arm of said bell-cranklever with the latch, the rod sliding on the gate and secured at one endto the other arm of the bell-crank lever and provided at its opposite orrear end with an eye, an extension in rear of the gate having across-bar provided at its opposite ends with guide-pulleys, and thepairs of ropes on opposite sides of the gate consisting each of theouter rope passing around its respective pulley from the rear side andthence forward and connecting with the eye of the slide-rod, and theinner rope passing through the eye on the slide-rod and connecting withthe outer rope of the opposite pair, and guides for the ends of saidinner and outer ropes, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the gate, the extension in rear of the gateprovided with the opposite guide-pulleys, the inner and outer ropes,said outer ropes being disposed around their respective guide-pulleysfrom the rear side and passing thence forward and connected with thelatch-releasing devices and arranged to open and close the gate and theinner ropes suitably guided and connectedwith the outer ropes of theopposite pairs substantially as a set forth.

3. The combination of the gate, the extension in rear of the hinges ofthe gate, the guide-pulleys on said extension, the outer ropes connectedtogether and passing around i their respective guide-pulleys, the innerropes 5 suitably guided on the gate and connected at one end with theopposite outer ropes adjacent to the guides for the latter, and thelatch and the connecting devices between the latch and said ropessubstantially as set forth.-

et. The combination of the latch, the bellcrank lever, connectionsbetween one arm of said lever and the latch, the opposite rear guidesfor the outer ropes, the outer ropes passed around on their respectiveguides and connected at one end with the bell-crank lever, and the innerropes connected with the outer ropes and with the bell-crank leversubstantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the gate having an extension in rear of itshinges, and opposite guides on said extension for the outer ropes, thelatch, the latch-releasing devices, the outer ropes passing around theopposite rear guides on the gate extension and thence forward andconnected with the latch-releasing devices and the inner ropes suitablyguided at one end on the gate and connected with the outer ropesadjacent to the guides for the latter, said outer and inner ropes beingextended from the opposite sides of the gate, and suitable means forsupporting such ends of the ropes in position for manipulation,substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with the gate having the projection in rear of itshinges, the latch, and connecting devices connected with the latch andhaving a guide arranged in advance of the rear extension of the gate,the posts on opposite sides of the gate, guides on the rear extension ofthe gate, the outer ropes extending from the opposite posts around saidguides of the gate extension and thence forward and secured to the latchconnection and the inner ropes extended from the opposite posts throughthe guide on the latch connection and thence rearwardly and connected attheir ends with the opposite outer rope substantially as set forth.

HENRY C. MORGAN. Witnesses:

J. J. WVALroN, S. P. Nnss.

